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HOVHANNES IGITYAN ABOUT THE ANTI-AZERBAIJAN DRAFT RESOLUTION IN PACE. "THIS IS NOT A RESOLUTION, BUT AN OPINION OF 27 DELEGATES."
July 10 2014
"This is not a resolution but an opinion of 27 delegates. It is
anti-Azerbaijan only for eight Armenian delegates. The rest
are probably concerned about persecution against Azerbaijan
journalists," so responded former head of Armenian delegation in
PACE, Hovhannes Igityan, to the question of Aravot.am whether he
keeps to the opinion that Armenia never had such a weak delegation
in the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE), whereas
the second anti-Azerbaijan resolution is put into circulation in
PACE. Recall that at the PACE summer session, after President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev's anti-Armenian speech, when the Armenian
delegates did not respond to him, Mr. Igityan expressed an opinion
that "Armenia never had such a weak delegation in PACE." However,
during the session, it became clear that the PACE has passed the
draft resolution, which was put into circulation by the initiative
of the Armenian delegation in PACE, referring to the pressures
exerted against investigative journalists writing about corruption
in Azerbaijan. The PACE delegation member, Arpine Hovhannisyan,
in this regard, mentioned, "The theme of such initiatives is the
pan-European. The initiative is important because it will be on the
agenda for about two years and will be constantly circulated." In
contrast to the above-mentioned, Mr. Igityan expressed such an opinion,
"The Armenian delegates have repeatedly proven that they are not
interested in freedom of expression or the political prisoners,
both in Armenia and other countries. Therefore, it is not objective
and it will serve no benefit to the Karabakh conflict. Regardless
of what signatures they are collecting there, I repeat again, the
Armenian delegation in the European Parliament should be a part of
this family, and not be engaged in imitation of being a "European",
or pretend to be an anti-Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is necessary to
learn languages, be aware of and concerned about all Europe concerning
processes, be respected and recognized in the PACE." Mr. Igityan once
again repeated, "They should have put Aliyev to his place right away,
at least in the form of questions, and not only about human rights,
but also Karabakh conflict and aggressive military action."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/07/10/165981/
From: A. Papazian
July 10 2014
"This is not a resolution but an opinion of 27 delegates. It is
anti-Azerbaijan only for eight Armenian delegates. The rest
are probably concerned about persecution against Azerbaijan
journalists," so responded former head of Armenian delegation in
PACE, Hovhannes Igityan, to the question of Aravot.am whether he
keeps to the opinion that Armenia never had such a weak delegation
in the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe (PACE), whereas
the second anti-Azerbaijan resolution is put into circulation in
PACE. Recall that at the PACE summer session, after President of
Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev's anti-Armenian speech, when the Armenian
delegates did not respond to him, Mr. Igityan expressed an opinion
that "Armenia never had such a weak delegation in PACE." However,
during the session, it became clear that the PACE has passed the
draft resolution, which was put into circulation by the initiative
of the Armenian delegation in PACE, referring to the pressures
exerted against investigative journalists writing about corruption
in Azerbaijan. The PACE delegation member, Arpine Hovhannisyan,
in this regard, mentioned, "The theme of such initiatives is the
pan-European. The initiative is important because it will be on the
agenda for about two years and will be constantly circulated." In
contrast to the above-mentioned, Mr. Igityan expressed such an opinion,
"The Armenian delegates have repeatedly proven that they are not
interested in freedom of expression or the political prisoners,
both in Armenia and other countries. Therefore, it is not objective
and it will serve no benefit to the Karabakh conflict. Regardless
of what signatures they are collecting there, I repeat again, the
Armenian delegation in the European Parliament should be a part of
this family, and not be engaged in imitation of being a "European",
or pretend to be an anti-Azerbaijan. Therefore, it is necessary to
learn languages, be aware of and concerned about all Europe concerning
processes, be respected and recognized in the PACE." Mr. Igityan once
again repeated, "They should have put Aliyev to his place right away,
at least in the form of questions, and not only about human rights,
but also Karabakh conflict and aggressive military action."
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2014/07/10/165981/
From: A. Papazian